A RIDICULOUS Opening Day At Blackpool Pleasure Beach 2024

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  • Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
  • A RIDICULOUS Opening day at Blackpool Pleasure Beach for the 2024 season, our first and quite possibly last time attending opening day after a very long time travelling it's hard to decide if it was REALLY worth it when the park just didn't feel ready.
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  • @ForrestThrills
    @ForrestThrills  5 месяцев назад +5

    How many of you guys attended opening day at Blackpool Pleasure Beach then? 👀 Let us know below what you thought!

  • @user-gq8fq8ji8o
    @user-gq8fq8ji8o 5 месяцев назад +7

    hi very nice vlog! but seriously, whats going on with balckpool? i watched theme park worldwides vlog and it was no better ! there was no excuse for the audio to be broken and for most of the rides to be open since theyve had all winter to do that! it makes me think, where were pleasure beach during winter? on holiday? im getting worried that what is one of the uks best theme parks is suddenly going downhill at the moment! but none the less thanks for the vlog.

    • @ForrestThrills
      @ForrestThrills  5 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks for watching! We couldn't agree more, yesterday was a shambles. Every park will have teething problems on the first few days but yesterday took the biscuit. Blackpool is certainly in a weird phase right now that hopefully it will come out of! We should be going back down in a few weeks , so feel free to subscribe for more Pleasure Beach content!

  • @michaelobrien9825
    @michaelobrien9825 5 месяцев назад +8

    CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF RIDES THAT ARE CLOSED I THINK YOU ARE DUE SOME SORT OF REDUCTION ON YOUR ENTRANCE TICKET.

    • @ForrestThrills
      @ForrestThrills  5 месяцев назад +2

      Thanks again for watching Michael! Everyone that was at the park yesterday received an email giving them a free pass to come back today due to the bad weather. That obviously was no use to us as we had to head back to Scotland! They have however honoured it for another day. Feel free to subscribe if you enjoy the content 😁

  • @chrislennon4298
    @chrislennon4298 5 месяцев назад +2

    Hi guys really enjoyed your vlog. I went to the pleasure beach two years ago. Six of us at £35 a head. Was there the full day and got on six rides. The queues were horrendous as it was mid july. However what angered me was that the pleasure beach also sell speedy passes on top of your original wrist band so obviously the more you spend the more you can ride. I bought one for the pepsi max at a cost of £9. I activated it and had 2 mins to get to priority area. I didnt know where to go and couldn't get through the crowd. Asked one assistant for help and was not very helpful. Ended up losing my £9. Coming back in September this year and after watching your vlog i will not be attending the pleasure beach. Been going since i was 4 now nearly 43. Amanda Thompson and co have taken a family friendly theme park and turned it into a capitalist play thing. Even rebranding the pleasure beach. I feel sorry for you guys travelling all the way to blackpool and paying in good faith to enjoy the pleasure beach and most rides either closed or not working properly. Therefore queues for other rides is alot longer. Even though you have been offered a alternative day you will still have travelling costs . Shame on the Thompson family and good luck to you both with your new channel😊

    • @ForrestThrills
      @ForrestThrills  5 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks for the best wishes Chris we really appreciate you taking the time to comment and watch the Vlog! That's not good however to hear about the loss of your speedy pass! They do tend to put the speedy pass entrances in some weird places that's for sure! We usually love the pleasure beach but opening day was definitely a bad one. That shouldn't put you off going however! We spent many days last year at the park and had fantastic days! Gotta make the most of a bad situation haha, but yeah unsure of the way the park is headed right now but hopefully it's in the right direction. Thanks again for commenting and if not already feel free to hit the subscribe button as we will be popping back down to the pleasure beach in a few weeks for hopefully a better day! 😁🤣

  • @jeanhorn8891
    @jeanhorn8891 5 месяцев назад +4

    Blackpool Pleasure Beach worked at a loss last year, unfortunately changing its name to Resort wont fix it.
    Building a new exciting ride ,such as a big sister to the ghost train.
    ❤ from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
    ❤ to the good people of Blackpool

    • @ForrestThrills
      @ForrestThrills  5 месяцев назад

      Yeah we are unsure what there plan is with their future identity , we will go along for the ride regardless! Just a shame it went so badly!
      Thanks for watching Jean, feel free to subscribe if you want more content like this! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @davidGPS95
      @davidGPS95 5 месяцев назад +1

      How much did they lose last year ?
      I agree changing the name won't change anything, they need to go back to non Rider pass to get more people into the park more people more money , they will buy food, drink and merch , also more late night opening, these are the things that should be happening not a silly name change removing Blackpool from the name , they need to remember it's people going on holiday to Blackpool that pay to go into the Pleasure Beach they are not going on holiday to Preston or Lytham , the board at Blackpool Pleasure Beach are hopeless

    • @ForrestThrills
      @ForrestThrills  5 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah the non rider pass even if it were £5 would bring so much more traction as ultimately those people would still buy food, merch etc! We have noticed this season the pizza kitchen is now £17.95 9 months ago it was £13.95! The same with their hotels. The price rise recently is unreal. They're out pricing themselves majorly and losing buisness by doing so. Thanks for watching the vlog!

    • @davidGPS95
      @davidGPS95 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@ForrestThrills Sad to hear about the price increase they need to remember there is a cost of living crisis, Blackpool Pleasure Beach fans want the park to do well and succeed but the management and board are just making bad decisions and the park is losing money , I hope things get better but they need to listen to the people . 👍

    • @ForrestThrills
      @ForrestThrills  5 месяцев назад +1

      Agreed! They have got to take a seriously hard look at what they're doing!

  • @DisneyMarkUK
    @DisneyMarkUK 5 месяцев назад +2

    I’m glad you both made the most of the day.

    • @ForrestThrills
      @ForrestThrills  5 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks for watching the vlog Mark! The weather certainly didn't help but I think everyone made the most of an unfortunate situation! Just glad trusty ol' wallace was open 🤣 hope you both enjoyed the day too 😊

    • @DisneyMarkUK
      @DisneyMarkUK 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@ForrestThrills That's the best way to think of it. We had a fun day thanks, the indoor rides, meeting so many people & fish & chips were highlights.

  • @Vidzo0129
    @Vidzo0129 5 месяцев назад +1

    Just subscribed mate. Great video. Quality.

    • @ForrestThrills
      @ForrestThrills  5 месяцев назад

      Thanks so much pal! Appreciate the kind words 😁

  • @frog-nv3gp
    @frog-nv3gp 5 месяцев назад +1

    What a bad day! Least you managed a few rides. Really nice video

    • @ForrestThrills
      @ForrestThrills  5 месяцев назад

      Thanks for watching! It wasn't the best day but we got there in the end! Thank you for the kind words 😁

  • @CoasterMadnessLuke
    @CoasterMadnessLuke 5 месяцев назад +2

    Nice Vlog !!

    • @ForrestThrills
      @ForrestThrills  5 месяцев назад

      Thanks very much for watching Luke! We appreciate it! 😁 feel free to subscribe if you're not already as we have more blackpool content coming up soon 🙌

    • @CoasterMadnessLuke
      @CoasterMadnessLuke 5 месяцев назад +1

      are you going to Alton Towers on the 16th?
      @@ForrestThrills

    • @ForrestThrills
      @ForrestThrills  5 месяцев назад +1

      Unfortunately not no! I saw it's now sold out so can only imagine how busy it'll be! We will be popping down soon however as well as a trip to Thorpe on the books too! 👀

    • @CoasterMadnessLuke
      @CoasterMadnessLuke 5 месяцев назад +1

      oh no :( I have subscribed you I'm going on the 16th, so keeping out on my Vlogs for that day. Take care@@ForrestThrills

    • @ForrestThrills
      @ForrestThrills  5 месяцев назад

      Have the best time! I'm sure it'll go smother than this opening day 🥲 thanks for the Sub! 🙌 all the best Luke

  • @Laura-lc5ng
    @Laura-lc5ng 2 месяца назад +1

    I only live an hour away from Blackpool you got to travel a long way and bet you both were shocked to see the rides were not running and It was raining hard and I went last Sunday it was raining when I got there a little girl was leaving the park as I was coming very shocking

    • @ForrestThrills
      @ForrestThrills  2 месяца назад

      Definitely wasn't the best day we've had in the park but glad it improved by the end, hoping to see some new rides soon or the older ones repaired lol, thanks for commenting and we hope you enjoyed the video! 😊

  • @majorberk4647
    @majorberk4647 5 месяцев назад +1

    Surely they should be issuing refunds for a walk round a metal scrapyard in the rain

    • @ForrestThrills
      @ForrestThrills  5 месяцев назад +1

      Haha yeah they issued everyone a return ticket for the next day due to the rain however, not poor operations! Cheers for checking out the vlog 😁

  • @grant666uk
    @grant666uk 5 месяцев назад +1

    I came down from Scotland ( Falkirk ) last summer. Did around 28 rides in about 7 hrs. Was a amazing day. Sad yours was so bad.

    • @ForrestThrills
      @ForrestThrills  5 месяцев назад +1

      Hello from Stirling👋 We usually have a fantastic time , we popped down loads last year as we had season passes , but this day was just poor unfortunately! Thanks for watching , feel free to subscribe for more content 😀

    • @grant666uk
      @grant666uk 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@ForrestThrills how cost effective is the train. I drove down and it's a really boring drive. Lol

    • @ForrestThrills
      @ForrestThrills  5 месяцев назад

      We got the train down and back day return to preston for £48 and it was £10 return to pleasure beach station and back so down and back in a day for £58! A fair bit of travel but worth it we would say!

  • @peternolan4854
    @peternolan4854 5 месяцев назад +3

    You should have stopped in a hotel and reviewed that

    • @ForrestThrills
      @ForrestThrills  5 месяцев назад

      Thanks for watching as always Peter, we have videos up of both the Boulevard Hotel and The Big Blue Hotel to watch if you're interested in what they're like! On this occasion they were just too pricey to justify 🙂

  • @booth2710
    @booth2710 5 месяцев назад +2

    they should have left The Monster there. Far better and carried more riders.

    • @ForrestThrills
      @ForrestThrills  5 месяцев назад

      Unfortunately we never ever got the chance to ride The Monster but from what we've seen it looked great fun, thanks so much for watching and if you've liked what you've seen please feel free to subscribe! ☺️

  • @booth2710
    @booth2710 5 месяцев назад +1

    Are they running the park down for closure?

    • @ForrestThrills
      @ForrestThrills  5 месяцев назад

      Not running it down for closure, this was the first day of the 24' season but there is definitely plenty of room for some much needed improvement! ☺️

  • @xsm5525
    @xsm5525 5 месяцев назад +2

    they should have waited like 2 or 3 weeks until they fixed their rides. it's just silly.

    • @ForrestThrills
      @ForrestThrills  5 месяцев назад +1

      It definitely didn't feel ready that's for sure! We have seen that the Sunday was a vast improvement however still not 100% so definitely maybe a week or 2 later would've been in their benefit! Thanks for watching the vlog and feel free to subscribe for more content like this! 😁

  • @danielmorris9159
    @danielmorris9159 5 месяцев назад +1

    I heard a few things were closed on open day not good.

    • @ForrestThrills
      @ForrestThrills  5 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah unfortunately it was harder to name what was open than what was closed! Nearer the end of the day operations got a bit better thankfully! Thanks for Watching the vlog Daniel! Feel free to Subscribe if not already for more content like this coming up 😁

  • @juliemayo7363
    @juliemayo7363 5 месяцев назад +1

    Sounded like a joke mate hope you get better the next time you come. I am hoping for better when I go at the end of the month

    • @ForrestThrills
      @ForrestThrills  5 месяцев назад +1

      A joke would be a polite way to describe Saturday 🤣 we are back again in a couple of weeks so hopefully a vast improvement! I hope you enjoy your trip there! Should hopefully get some good spring weather! Thanks so much for watching and feel free to subscribe if not already for more content to come 😁

  • @tanzianne3820
    @tanzianne3820 5 месяцев назад +1

    What a disappointment so sad your video is good quality best wishes and save journey home

    • @ForrestThrills
      @ForrestThrills  5 месяцев назад

      Thank you for the kind words! We made the most of a bad day! We made it home in one piece with funny memories atleast, thanks so much for watching 😁

  • @purplesunflower8242
    @purplesunflower8242 3 месяца назад

    First day opening and problems?

    • @ForrestThrills
      @ForrestThrills  3 месяца назад

      This was the first day of the 2024 season, they seem to have operations back in order now despite a few rides needing repairs, feel free to subscribe for more content!

    • @purplesunflower8242
      @purplesunflower8242 3 месяца назад

      I been riding those rides since early 60 s..The place isn't what it was.

  • @MARKWIGANXXX
    @MARKWIGANXXX 5 месяцев назад +1

    Yesterday was a bust lol

    • @ForrestThrills
      @ForrestThrills  5 месяцев назад

      Yep it certainly could have been better thats for sure!! Sunday from what we saw ran a little smoother but still not short of a few faults 🫣 thanks for checking out the Vlog Mark! Feel free to subscribe if not already to see more content coming up 😁

    • @MARKWIGANXXX
      @MARKWIGANXXX 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@ForrestThrills already have mate

    • @ForrestThrills
      @ForrestThrills  5 месяцев назад

      Thanks very much pal! Appreciate it 🙌